One person was arrested during a driver checkpoint conducted Friday night by Ventura police.

The checkpoint lasted from 9:45 p.m. Friday until 2:30 a.m. Saturday along the southbound lanes of Harbor Boulevard south of Schooner Drive.

Police said 485 vehicles were screened, and the standardized field sobriety test was performed on 17 of the drivers. One driver was found to have a blood alcohol concentration of 0.15 percent, nearly twice the legal limit, police said. The driver was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol and taken into custody, police said.

Additionally, two drivers were cited on suspicion of driving while unlicensed and two other drivers were cited on suspicion of driving with a suspended license. Five additional citations for other violations were also issued.

The checkpoint was for by a grant from the California Office of Traffic Safety through the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

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